Is there a better database of users hardware? If not, we should look into setting one up, possibly at www.mythtv.info 's wiki.
any thoughts? Steve On Sunday 13 November 2005 23:03, Peter Schachte wrote: > On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 04:29:23PM -0800, Jon Hoyt wrote: > > I know these sort of requests get posted a lot, but I'm looking for > > some feedback on the following list of parts to build a stand-alone > > backend with. > > You should check out http://pvrhw.goldfish.org/ to see what others > have used and how they liked it. > > > AMD Sempron 64 2600+ Palermo 800MHz FSB Socket 754 Processor Model > > SDA2600BXBOX - Retail $64.00 > > As I understand it, that part will not support cool n quiet operation. > I believe you have to go up to a 3000+ to get that. Cool n quiet, > with the kernel's cqu frequency scaling enabled, slows the clock when > the cpu load is low, saving power and heat, and allowing your cpu fan > to slow down. I've got an Athlon 64 3000+ and have frequency scaling > working very well. The lowest clock speed supported seems to be 1 > GHz, though. I wish I could slow it even further for the times when > nothing's happening and the machine is just acting as a file server. _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
